Grown Children Treating Their Parents

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

And the people hath exacted--man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

honour thy father and mother,

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death, — read the full passage →

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

honour widows who are really widows; — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ--this one is not His;

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. — read the full passage →

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed--he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, — read the full passage →